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Field footage · Off Panama, Eastern Pacific Ocean (international waters, per USCG)

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Coast Guard cutter Tampa crew sinks drug boat off Panama

The photo itself (6000x4000 original): a burning vessel at night with a Coast Guard small boat nearby; no people visible.
U.S. Coast Guard photo (260915-G-G0107-1010) · Public domain (U.S. federal government work; EXIF copyright 'Public Domain'); rehost OK

U.S. Coast Guard photo released with Cutter Tampa's Oct. 14, 2026 offload announcement. The Coast Guard says it shows a Tampa small boat crew sinking a drug smuggling vessel off Panama on Sept. 15, 2026. The USCG says Tampa's six Eastern Pacific interdictions seized about 29,600 lb of cocaine and 3,355 lb of marijuana, worth an estimated $226.7 million, offloaded at Port Everglades, Florida.

What
Coast Guard cutter Tampa crew sinks drug boat off Panama
Where
Off Panama, Eastern Pacific Ocean (international waters, per USCG)
When
2026-10-14
Source
U.S. Coast Guard
Credit
U.S. Coast Guard photo (260915-G-G0107-1010)
License
Public domain (U.S. federal government work; EXIF copyright 'Public Domain'); rehost OK
Details
Official release · U.S. Coast Guard (Southeast District Public Affairs) · Off Panama, Eastern Pacific Ocean (international waters, per USCG)

Drug interdictionunspecifiednewuscgcoast-guardcutter-tampadrug-interdictioncocaineeastern-pacificpanamapacific-viper

Sources and credit

  1. U.S. Coast Guard
  2. Field footage: the full record

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